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Auguste Piccard
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Schweizer Wissenschaftler, Physiker und Erfinder
Key facts
- Born
- Auguste Antoine Piccard , ( 1884-01-28 ) 28 January 1884, Basel , Switzerland
- Died
- 24 March 1962 (1962-03-24) (aged 78), Lausanne , Switzerland
- Known for
- Bathyscaphe , Magnetocaloric effect
- Children
- Jacques Piccard (son)
- Relatives
- Jean Piccard (brother) Bertrand Piccard (grandson) Don Piccard (nephew)
- Alma mater
- ETH Zurich
- Fields
- physics , inventor , explorer
- Institutions
- Free University of Brussels (now Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Basel
- Place of death
- Chexbres
- Child
- Jacques Piccard
- Sibling
- Jean Piccard
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Basel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- oceanography
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13738, Auguste Piccard.jpg
- Work location
- Zurich
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- Commons category
- Auguste Piccard
- date of birth
- 1884-01-28
- date of death
- 1962-03-24
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- Auguste Piccard
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Auguste Antoine Piccard
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Lutry
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Auguste Piccard (* 28. Januar 1884 in Basel; † 24. März 1962 in Lausanne) war ein Schweizer Wissenschaftler, Physiker (Experimentalphysik) und Erfinder. Er ist der Zwillingsbruder des Chemikers Jean Felix Piccard und Vater von Jacques Piccard. Der Psychiater und Ballonfahrer Bertrand Piccard ist sein Enkel.
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